CJ: 340 Slippery Slope 9/18/2014 Slippery Slope Many individuals come victim to a specific action or favor for another for personal gain or to be ahead of the game (cheat). Unfortunately Politicians and Law Enforcement are not exempt from the list. Slippery slope is defined as a process or series of events that is hard to stop or control once it has begun and that usually leads to worse or more difficult things or outcomes (Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ 2014). Police work in itself‚ especially
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Corruption and the Slippery Slope Abstract This paper will address the “slippery slope” and how it relates to accepting gratuities. Also it will discuss theories on corruption such as the society-at-large hypothesis‚ the structural or affiliation hypothesis‚ and the rotten apple hypothesis. In policing‚ the term slippery slope applies to the corruption of morals of the officers. It basically means that corruption can begin with something that seems harmless at first‚ but will escalate
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2013 Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines “slippery slope” as a course of action that seems to lead inevitably to from one action or result to another unintended consequence (Merriem-Webster‚ 2013). The “slippery slope” can refer to almost every walk of live but here it is being applied to law enforcement and accepting gratuities. Here it is referring to police officers accepting what may seem to be harmless gratuities which may later put the officer in a position where their ethics
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charity organisations will prevent bad without considering the inadequacies of human nature and hence making it a false premise. In the third section‚ I offer a response on Singer’s behalf by explaining that the objection offered earlier is a slippery slope argument that relies on doomsday conclusions which are unrealistic in actuality. In the fourth section‚ I
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found several videos that give good examples of logical fallacies. All the DirecTV commercials in this compilation are good examples of the slippery slope fallacy. Each commercial shows how having cable TV can lead to a chain of events that result in bad outcomes. These commercials used the slippery slope fallacy on purpose to entertain the audience. A slippery slope fallacy claims that once you make one choice‚ a chain of events will inevitably follow. The truth is that making the first choice doesn’t
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Namely the slippery slope fallacy is one that argues the acceptance of a small event will lead to a downhill course of events ending in catastrophe. In a slippery slope fallacy‚ the causal event is rarely correlated with the end event. An example of this fallacy can be displayed through a tweet of propaganda written for president Trumps campaign
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things don’t go as planned or a series unfortunate events happened in that day because of one incident also known as a “Slippery Slope”. Well my one incident was all caused by one nail. From messing up my mom’s car to dealing with the police and ending up inside the emergency room all caused of one mistake. That day was one of the worst days ever all because of that slippery slope. It all started‚ on a normal sunny random Thursday morning waking up from a hangover from with a face of person who had
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Chapter 3: The Slippery Slope by Edward J.Tully Article Questions 1. Based on your observations of news event during the past 10 years‚ did Tully’s prediction that‚ “there will be an upward trend of corruption and abuse of power cases” occur? Explain your answer by describing at least three specific cases of corruption and/or abuse of power that have occurred since 2003 in your community or state. Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman was convicted on
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care of newborns. His main points was concerning the slippery slope argument of euthanasia and how it relates to the situation and its unjustness. He states that these arguments are merely saying to the baby "as far as your interests are concerned it would be morally best if we induced a quick and painless death. But if we do‚ it will launch the rest of us down a slippery slope. So put up with your distress‚ and save us all from the slippery slopes" (Campbell‚ pg. 283). His argument is that while creating
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questions every move made to make sure corruption is not taking place. It does not take long for a new recruit to accept that free cup of coffee or half price meal which in turn can lead to bigger things. Slippery Slope The slippery slope hypothesis is the idea that corruption starts with a tiny gratuity like a free or discounted cup of coffee and then rolls downhill to bigger things and eventually grows into crime for profit. An example of the
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